my faith in the lord god almighty, this country, and our republic is unshakable. and as i have traveled around this state and the country i've seen the very best in the country in our people. and i'll always believe in the greatness of them and in the greatness of the god that i serve. and of course, i'm deeply grateful to our entire campaign team here in iowa, in south carolina, and everywhere. i have no regrets, none whatsoever. we never compromised our principles and we can leave this race knowing that we ran it with utmost integrity. we made a very important contribution to this race. so i sincererily thank my wonderful husband of 33 years, marcus bachmann, my entire family, lucas, harrison, elisa, sophia, my mother, my stepfather, my beloved brothers, gary, paul, scott, david and george. i'm grateful to them, 23 foster